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Chap 11 - Industrial Relations
Chap 11 - Industrial Relations
Chap 11 - Industrial Relations
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Hazlin Hasan
Senior Lecturer
BA118
L1 29
011-10407440
Industrial Relations
1) Productivity 1) Wages/salary
2) Profitability 2) Fringe benefits
3) Loyalty 3) Security of tenure of
4) Discipline employment
5) Avoidance of wastage 4) Job satisfaction/promotion
6) Proper care and usage of tools 5) Conducive work
& machines environment/safety
7) Safety 6) Medical attention
8) Obedience to lawful orders 7) Leave
9) Cooperation 8) Retirement benefits
10) Industrial harmony 9) Retrenchment benefits
10) Industrial harmony
5) Termination of service of an
employee/employees.
The Industrial Relations Act (S40) allows workers to attend at or near their
workplace.
Purpose:
1) to peacefully give info to the public and other workers.
2) to persuade other workers not to work if a strike has already been declared.
3) to embarrass the employer.
Picket must not intimidate anyone, must not obstruct the entrance or exit of
the organization & must be peaceful
Only workers directly involved in the dispute can participate in the picket.
Picketers do not require a police permit as picket is a legal activity, unless if the
picket went beyond the confines of law.
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TYPES OF ACTION
– INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS BY EMPLOYEES
Picket – cont’d…
Ways of picket:
1) Prominent display of banners & placards
with derogatory comments about the
employer & management.
2) Requesting passers-by to show their
support by pressing their vehicle horns.
3) Giving information to the mass media that
will in turn publicize the disputes between
the workers and the unions.
Strike
Strike – cont…..
A secret ballot must be taken before the strike commences and it is only valid
for 90 days.
Strike – cont…..
Lock-out
Often, when the workers go on strike, the employer retaliates by closing the
factory or refusing permission for the strikers to come into the workplace.
Lock-out
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